Clothes-pounder.



No. 640,803. Patented Ian. 9, I900. W. T. P ARNELL &. C. BISHOP.

CLOTHES POUNDER. (Applies-tic; filed Sept. 19, 1899.)

(No Model.)

flu/16 M UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM T. PARNELL AND OHARLEY BISHOP, OF EL DORADO, ARKANSAS.

CLOTHES-POUNDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 640,803, dated January9, 1900.

Application filed September 19, 1899. Serial No. 730,994. (No model.)

T0 at whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM T. PARNELL and CHARLEY BISHOP, citizens ofthe United States, residing at El Dorado, in the county of Union andState of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inClothes-Founders, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to a clothes-pounder and it consists in acone-shaped body, a central vertical tube having a cone-shaped mouth,air-cups, radiating tubes, and a soap-box.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a bottom view of ourinvention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of Fig. 1 on the line X Xlooking from the top of the drawings. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of thesoap-box; Fig 4 is a detail View of the knee.

Our invention is described as follows:

In the accompanying drawings, 1 is the cone-shaped body. 2 is the lowerrim of the same, the edge of the material being turned up to form therim.

3 is the central tube.

4 is the'upper end of the tube, in which is securely inserted a handle.

5 is the cone-shaped mouth secured to the lower end of said tube.

6 are radiating tubes situated near the lower end of the body 1, theirinner ends secured to the central tube 3 and their outer ends to theinner surface of the body 1. The central tube 3 is provided withopenings 7, so that the water may pass through them into the tubes 6,and the body 1 is provided with openings 8, so that the water may passout through said tubes and beyond the outer surface of the body.

To the inner face of the body are secured air-cups 9, open at theirlower ends 10, but closed at their upper ends.

To the inner face of the body 1 is secured a perforated soap-box 11.This box consists of a perforated curved sheet of metal 12, havingsecured to its upper end a top 13. The edges of this sheet 12 aresecured to the inner wall of the body, and one edge 15 of the top 13 isalso secured to the inner wall of said body, the lower end of said boXextending nearly to the bottom of the body. To the lower end of theperforated sheet is hinged a lid 16, so shaped that when closed it willclose the opening between the curved sheet of metal 12 and the body.

To the inner face of the body 1 is secured a knee-catch 17, made of apiece of wire or other suitable material bent in the shape of a knee andso arranged as to hold the door 16 closed when shut. The body 1 springsa little in and out, thus allowing the door to open and shut, the kneeitself being rigid.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is'- In a clothes-pounder, the combination ofthe cone-shaped body 1; central tube 3; perforated curved metal sheet12, having secured to its upper end a top 13; the side edges of thesheet 12, and the inner edge of the top 13 being seen red to the innerwall of the body 1; lid 16, hinged to the lower edge of said sheet andadapted to close the opening between said sheet and the wall; andkneecatch 17, secured to the inner face of the body 1, and adapted 'tohold said lid closed when sprung into place, substantially as shown anddescribed and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signa tures in presence of twoWitnesses.

WILLIAM T. PARNELL. OHARLEY BISHOP.

Witnesses:

NEILL O. MARSH, J. D. NORRIS.

